Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates

Eric Wong Kai Pun, the Director of Personal Training at Goodlife - one of the biggest gym companies in the entire world, joins to chat about whether trainers should still work within a commercial gym setting. We talk about the pros and cons, the valuable skills you can learn, and the difference in starting a career now in fitness vs 10-20 years ago before social media played a role. We discuss the tradeoffs between support and stability and the work needed to work on your own and build a brand. We also talk about some red flags to watch for within any work space that should have you consider moving where you work.

Dr Sam Spinelli returns as part of a series featuring the presenters at my Oct 13-14 event in Edmonton, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference. Sam shares what attendees can expect and his approach to both rehab and performance as different places on a spectrum of training stimulus, load, and intensity. We also talk in depth about the value of Sam's brand and media, and what he looks for in credible resources in the strength and rehab space.

Logan Dubé returns in a candid discussion about challenging tour belief structures as a fitness professional. Logan shares the value of spending time in a traditional commercial gym model, but the importance of being able to break out of rigid thinking from this system. Logan also explains the early career focus on boundaries and how these can inadvertently become career roadblocks. We challenge the rush to get off the gym floor and the value of a strong in person coaching business during tough economic times. Logan will also be one of the speakers at my Oct 13-14 event in Edmonton, Alberta, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference and we discuss why you should join us. Message me for more info.

My friend Paulie Campbell shares wisdom and experience from his lengthy career on how his business has shifted with different seasons of his career. Paulie shares why he sees connection with others in the industry as valuable to his own career development.

Funk Roberts brings his big energy from years of success on YouTube to this episode so share his experience building a strong audience and a massively successful business. Funk shares mistakes along the way but getting right with his brand by doubling down on the brotherhood and community of his clientele .

Fitness entrepreneur Dan Go shares a masterclass in his philosophy and tactics on building his brand, his following across several social media platforms, and direction people to his newsletter. Dan shares his focus on large scale impact to help more people and the limiting beliefs that hold most people back, including himself in the past. We also give a class in how and why to increase your rates. This episode is a goldmine of ideas for coaches.

Dr. Joey Munoz joins today to talk about navigating the polarizing and volatile battleground of online nutrition. Joey shares how he manages online bullies while not paying attention to what others are doing, and being focused on serving people with good information. Joey also shares a number of seemingly evidence based ideas and misconceptions popular within our industry.

Kyle Dobbs, founder of Compound Performance, joins to share why he works within both coaching of clients and education for coaches. Kyle dives into a lot of valuable and actionable tactics and minutes about your fitness career. There are a lot of great takeaways you'll use right away to pave a path to future success.

Strong Magazine and Team Strong Girls owner Jennifer Van Barneveld is today's guest and Jennifer shares her mission in supporting women to "take up space", to "find their strong", and levelling up physically while celebrating the accomplishment. Jennifer shares how she build Team Strong Girls, and the process finding great coaches to build around. Jennifer also shares wisdom for coaches who want to write and get published and featured in publications like Strong.

Aram Grigorian appears and shares his philosophies around serving others, being responsive and supportive, and of being transparent. Aram shares how his career has grown by being humble and helping others. We talk about how he put together his successful event The Real Coaches Summit and what he has planned for the next one March 11th and 12th in Vegas.